Lyrics of Cool Water - på Den Gyldene Freden - Cornelis Vreeswijk

Cool Water - på Den Gyldene Freden (original)

Ordna till dina glesa testar
Lna min kam och tvtta din trut
Dagen are s***
Festen are ver fast alla festar.
Talet har tystnat fast alla talar.
Dden tar fatt dig I desssa salar.
Hll andan en kort minut
Och smyg sen frsiktigt ut.
Kan du frst vad som hare passerar?
Fattar du vad det are som sker?
Dd are allting du ser.
Hur du n grubblar och kalkulerar.
Hur du n frgar och sker minnas,
Kommer den stunden att ter finnas.
G hrifrn.
Jag ber.
Lt bli — drick inget mer.
Res dig.
Se dig nu kring.
Frsiktigt!
G bort till drren som gapar ljus.
Lmna ditt krus.
Det som ska gras ska gras riktigt.
Det som ska gras ska gras snarast.
G dit dare ljuset syns vara klarast.
Glm detta onda rus,
-Aldrig mer antabus.

(translation)

Organize your sparse tests
Borrow my comb and wash your fart
The day are s***
The party is for all parties.
Speech has fallen silent but everyone is speaking.
Dden seizes you In these halls.
Hold your breath for a short minute
And then sneak out carefully.
Can you first see what hare passes?
Do you understand what is happening?
Dd are all you see.
How to ponder and calculate.
How you ask and remember,
Will that moment ever come.
G hrifrn.
I beg.
Lt be — drink no more.
Stand up.
Now look around.
Careful!
G away to the drre gaping light.
Leave your mug.
What needs to be grazed must be properly grazed.
What needs to be grazed must be grazed as soon as possible.
G where the light seems clearest.
Forget this evil intoxication,
-Never more antabuse.